"Philip Corner (b. 1933) studied composition with Henry Cowell and Otto Luening and musical analysis with Oliver Messiaen. During the 1960s and 70s he was an active member of Fluxus, a founder (along with James Tenney and Malcolm Goldstein) of the Tone Roads Chamber ensemble, the resident musician and composer for the Judson Dance Theatre, and co-founder of Gamelan Son Of Lion (with Barbara Benary and Daniel Goode). Italian Air: Wind, Water & Metal presents three previously unpublished compositions by Philip Corner recorded in various locations. On side 1 'Ear Wave' (Venice, October 1994) is a long piece for Korean cymbal in water: an ecstatic composition recorded and played outdoors by Phil Corner; acousmatic interjections of metallic resonances and subtle water sounds; you can listen the distant sound of the midnight bell of San Marco in Venice. On the second side the track 'Gong/Ear,' recorded in June 1990 (S.Andrea di Rovereto, Italy). Phil Corner plays gong together with rain and thunder for an abstracted and strongly emotional track. It's followed by 'I Respiri/The Breaths,' an avant-garde composition for alphorn and gong recorded in 1992 (at Teatro Scandicci). In very few words, Philip Corner is one of the most important figures in the American avant-garde."

"'Wannsee is a locality in the southwestern Berlin borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Germany. It is the westernmost locality of Berlin. In the quarter there are two lakes, the larger Großer Wannsee (Greater Wannsee) and the Kleiner Wannsee (Little Wannsee). Both are located on the river Havel and are separated only by the Wannsee bridge. The larger of the two lakes covers an area of 2.7 km2 (1.0 sq mi) and has a maximum depth of 9 m (30 ft).' - quote from Wikipedia. Recorded at Wannsee locality in October 2011 and edited, produced and mastered by Fabio Orsi, Wannsee is a composition (divided into three parts) of field recordings in their purest forms. A nostalgic work done exclusively with environmental sounds captured on location. One-time pressing of 200 copies only, one-sided black vinyl, in white sleeve with debossed lettering and one insert."

"A fantastic collaboration/improvisation between Philip Corner, Michel Vogel and Phoebe Neville. Phoebe Neville is musician, singer, and dancer; Philip Corner a composer, musician, and former professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Michel Vogel is a musician and maker of instruments, principally percussion (gongs and bells). He has for this occasion installed a double frame for eight steel bells inspired by a Burmese model. In the context of 'Archipel' the three present a performance in four parts. This limited release is titled Musiques des Ailes/Wingèd Music, and was recorded in Paris, in June 1999 at the 'Archipel' (the atelier of French artist Polska). Philip Corner and Michel Vogel play while Phoebe Neville dances and plays the sound sculptures (bells and gongs) made by Michel Vogel. The original model for these bells is a flat piece of bronze or copper placed in the doorway of the Kachins or Mungs of Burma, now realized with today's metals by Michel Vogel. These recordings document their experimentation with the resonant properties of metals. 'Musiques des Ailes' is a beautiful album of improvisations: drones, silences and minimal vibrating music that going into an unheard territory. Metallic resonances, obscure low frequencies, pure vibrating sonorities: 'Wingèd Music!'"